Page History

Summary:

Note: This call is Recorded. Recordings posted at the bottom of the page.

...

Attendees                                                                                                                                                            

• Name (Employer) <email>
• Marvin Berstecher  (esatus AG) <m.berstecher@esatus.com>
• John Callahan (Veridium) <jcallahan@veridiumid.com>
• Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
• Daniel Bluhm (Sovrin Foundation) <daniel.bluhm@sovrin.org>
• Troy Ronda (SecureKey) <troy.ronda@securekey.com>
• George Aristy (SecureKey) <george.aristy@securekey.com>

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

• Launch of ACA-Py User Group (ACA-Pug) and #aries-cloudagent-python
• Prepare for the next Aries WG A call by looking at the Aries-Framework-Go

Related Calls

• Previous Aries Working Group calls
• DIF DIDComm WG Call: Rolling Agenda.
• Identity Implementors Working Group call
  • Main place to get project updates, release status, and announcements.

...

• Aries Protocol Test Suite
  • Feature Discovery protocol tests now in test suite thanks to the efforts of Keith Smith
  • Moving on to Issue Credential; first targeting Indy ledger specific tests with the hope of informing design of ledger agnostic testsThanks again to Keith Smith, Issue Credential tests merged; Present Proof soon to follow once some minor merge conflicts are resolved.
• Aries Shared:
  • Aries KMS
  • Verifiable Data Registry Interface (VDRI) library
  • Other Core Libraries (pack / unpack)
  • Aries Anoncreds rust implementation started - Mike Lodder
• Aries-CloudAgent-Python (bc.gov) - Latest is Release 0.4.0 on PyPi - some internal breaking changes regarding plugins
• Aries-Framework-Go (Troy) #aries-go
  • 2020-01-14 Framework Go Weekly Planning
  • Route coordination and forwarding implemented (RFC 94 and RFC 211) and integrated with DID Exchange. Go API Package | BDD test
    • Question raised on how to reconcile RFC 94 and RFC 211.
  • Basic JavaScript scaffolding implemented for browser and node.js to use the WASM. NPM packaging in progress.
    • Next: expose framework operations (similar to the REST API).
  • External message handler and purpose decorator implemented (RFC 351). REST API in progress.
  • HTTP over DIDComm in progress (RFC 335). HTTP request portion implemented.
  • Preparing for 0.1.1 release. Drafting release notes.RFC implementation status and Wishlist (Dec/2019)
  • Continuing efforts on routing & relays, crypto/kms, WebAssembly, verifiable credentials, generic message handlers (and external registration), JWE envelopes.
  • WASM is working for DID Exchange from a browser (running the WASM) to a routing agent. Next we want to show DID Exchange between browsers.
  • Working on design for JS Worker interface for Aries Framework Go WASM.
• Aries-SDK-Ruby (Jack)
• Aries-Framework-DotNet (Tomislav)
• Aries-StaticAgent-Python - Now up to 0.6.1; more details
• Aries-Toolbox
  • Official repo moved to aries-toolbox
  • Preparing for a new release based on the latest ACA-Py
• Aries-SDK-Python - Wrapper from JeromK and SBCA?
• Aries-SDK-Java
• Aries-Framework-JavaScript / Aries-SDK-JavaScript
  • As agreed in the connect-a-thon, planning efforts on merging the aries-sdk-javascript codebase into a single framework repo - aries-framework-javascript
  • Starting with the efforts on the React-Native Mobile Agent.
• Rich Schemas and W3C Verifiable Credentials (Brent & Ken)
  • HIPEs/RFCs
    • overview https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/tree/master/concepts/0250-rich-schemas
    • context https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/tree/master/features/0249-rich-schema-contexts
    • schema processing feedback https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/tree/master/features/0281-rich-schemas 
  • Next HIPEs/RFCs for
    • encoding
    • mapping
    • credential definition 
  • Node implementation of
    • context (merged)
    • schema PR in progress https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/pull/1513
• Migration from LibIndy
  • Additional LibVCX Aries protocol support released in December.
• Ursa 0.3.1 release in January
  • Delegate-able credentials
  • Flexible configuration options
  • ZMix 0.1.0 expected in January
    • Ursa and ZMix will be separate releases. ZMix is the proving code, and Ursa is everything else.

RFC Progress

Other Business

• Q&A about results from performance testing ACA-Py and LibIndy (Stephen Curran)
  • Presented during the Aries Working Group: 2020-01-22-B Aries Working Group Call (please recording view before the call, starting near minute 65)

Future Topics

• Next Meeting:Next Meeting:
  • Q&A about the Aries Framework Go (Troy Ronda and team)
    

Future Topics

• • • Evernym's questions: https://hackmd.io/3lDKx8nZT8OV6pXQiwT4Tw?view
• Other:
  
  • Aries KMS design
    • Define approved algorithms
    • Define plugin interface
    • 3rd party libraries we could leverage:
      • Google Tink as an encryption library
  • Hubs vs Agents
    • https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2019/07/23/rhythm-and-melody-how-hubs-and-agents-rock-together
  • Status and future of wallet query language
  • IOT best practices (Robert Mitwicki, Adam Burdett , Lohan Spies )
  • DID Resolution W3C and Sam's concerns: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/issues/130
  • Architecture of Aries Verifiable Credentials Proof Formats (Mike Lodder)

...